An Introduction

This blog was started to keep our church family updated on our mission trip to Haiti.
We will be working at God's Littlest Angels Orphange from June 6-16. Our main purpose for our trip will be to put on a Vacation Bible School for the older children living at the orphanage. We will also be spending time with the little ones at the orphanage, providing extra love and attention to those that need it. We estimate 30-40 children will attend the VBS.
Our first fund raiser was held on January 23 at the Arby's restaurant in Hudsonville. We were able to raise $220.00 toward our plane tickets with this money! Thank You!
Our second (concurrent) fund raiser was selling Little Cesar's Pizza Kits. Our profit on that fund-raiser was approximately $500.00. Wow! Thank you Hillcrest for your support!
The third funraiser we are planning is a combination carwash/bake sale to be held in Hudsonville some time in April.
We are busy preparing the VBS and getting very excited to go serve God's children in Haiti.
Here is the list of our team members and what their assigned task will be in Haiti:
Brett Applebach: snacks
Lauren Boynton: craft assistant
Megan Dornbos: singing
Jay Kiel: quieter activity
Deb Ohlman: crafts
Lori Schuitema: snack
Nathan Schuitema: quiet activity
Kelly VandenBerg: story telling
Ryan VanderPloeg: large group games
Kristin Vanderwell: coordinator
Cheryl Vanderwell: photographer
We hope to be able to update this occasionally as we prepare to leave, and then several times while we are in Haiti so that our friends and family will be able to follow what we are doing during the week. God's Littlest Angels (GLA) does not allow us to post pictures of the children on the web, or to mention any kids by name, but there will be plenty of stuff we can share!
Thank you for following our status! Please keep us in your prayers!

The Hillcrest Haiti Mission Team